Instructors. Proviso. fifty thousand people, according to the last official census of Sections added. Refusal to support indigent parent. Penalty. [No. 139.] AN ACT to amend chapter thirty-seven of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the support of poor persons by their relatives," the same being sections five thousand one hundred ninety-one to five thousand two hundred five, inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, by adding thereto six new sections to stand as sections sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Chapter thirty-seven of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred forty-six, entitled "Of the support of poor persons by their relatives," the same being sections five thousand one hundred ninety-one to five thousand two hundred five, inclusive, of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended by adding thereto six new sections to stand as sections sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one, to read as follows: SEC. 16. Whoever, being an adult resident of the state and possessed of or able to earn means sufficient to provide food, shelter, care, and clothing, for a parent within this state who is destitute of means of subsistence and unable either by reason of age, infirmity, or illness to support himself, neglects or refuses to supply such parents with necessary shelter, food, care, and clothing, shall be, upon conviction thereof, imprisoned in the county jail or workhouse at hard labor for not less than three months nor more than one year. tence SEC. 17. If a person, committed under the last preceding When sensection, before sentence, enters into bond to the court before suspended. whom the matter is pending, with good and sufficient surety to be approved by the court, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he will furnish such parent with necessary and proper shelter, food, care, and clothing, the court shall suspend sentence. liable for sup SEC. 18. No person shall be required to furnish a parent Who deemed with shelter, food, care, and clothing if it is proven that port of. such parent abandoned, deserted, or wilfully refused or neg lected to support and maintain him while an infant under sixteen years of age. This act shall be deemed to create a liability as follows: (a) Sons or daughters shall be liable for the support of their dependent parent or parents to the extent hereinafter mentioned; (b) A parent shall be deemed to be dependent where, by reason of age, disease, or infirmity, he is unable to maintain himself; (c) A dependent parent or any other person with the consent in writing of the prosecuting attorney of any county may summon the sons and daughters of such parent or parents before a judge of probate who, upon proof of service of the summons, whether or not any son or daughter appears, and upon sufficient evidence being adduced that such sons and daughters have sufficient means to provide for such parent, may, in the discretion of such judge of probate having regard to the whole circumstances of the case, order such sons and daughters to pay for the support of such parent a weekly sum of money not exceeding twenty dollars with or without costs. An order may be made under the provisions of this act whether or not the dependent parent is being cared for in any sanitarium, home, asylum, or other eleemosynary institution; (d) In case of nonpayment of any sum so ordered together with costs for thirty days after the order has been made or for such less time as the order may provide, and when and so often as the payment so ordered is in arrears, such parent or person acting on his behalf may procure from the judge of probate making the order, a summons against the person in default of payment returnable on the fourteenth day after the service thereof. service of. SEC. 19. A summons may be served on the person named Summons, therein, either personally or in such other manner as the judge of probate may in writing direct, and shall require the person so served to attend at the time and place mentioned therein to show cause why the order should not be enforced as may be hereinafter provided. enforced. SEC. 20. If the person so summoned does not attend, as Order, when required by the summons, or show a just and sufficient reason for non-attendance, or does not satisfy the judge of probate that he is unable to pay the sum ordered to be paid, the Costs. said judge of probate may enforce the order by the like proceedings, including imprisonment, as are applicable in the case of a fine or penalty imposed by a justice of the peace. SEC. 21. The costs of proceedings of this act shall be the same as provided for by other actions in the courts mentioned in the preceding sections. Approved May 10, 1923. Amounts and purposes. [No. 140.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the attorney general's department for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-five, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the attorney general's department for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-four, the sum of ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyfive, the sum of ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: How paid out. Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. SEC. 2. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. deposited. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys received by said attorney Fees, where general's department shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 141.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled "An act to create a board of jury commissioners, consisting of seven persons for courts of record in the county of Wayne, and to repeal act number ninety-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, as amended by act number forty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, and all other acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," as last amended by act number two hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred four Section of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-three, entitled amended. "An act to create a board of jury commissioners, consisting of seven persons for courts of record in the county of Wayne, and to repeal act number ninety-five of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, as amended by act number forty-two of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one and all other acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," as last amended by act number two hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: sioners, ap etc. SEC. 1. There shall be a board of jury commissioners for Board of Wayne county consisting of seven qualified electors, who shall jury commisbe appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, pointment, two of whom shall hold office for two years, two for four years and three for six years from the first of May, eighteen hundred ninety-three, and when the term of office of any commissioner shall expire, commissioners thereafter appointed shall hold their office for a term of six years. Appointments to fill Vacancies, vacancies that may occur may be made by the governor when the legislature is not in session, and the person or persons so appointed shall, unless their time sooner expires, hold their office until the close of the session of the legislature next following such appointment. Five members of said board how filled. Terms of office. shall be residents of the city of Detroit, and the other two members shall reside outside the limits of the city and within said county. The official terms of said commissioners shall commence on the first day of May, and they shall hold their office for the term of six years. Said commissioners before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and file the same in the office of the county clerk. They shall elect one of their number president, and shall appoint a secreCompensation. tary who shall keep a record of their proceedings. The com missioners shall receive six dollars for each day's service, and mileage for their traveling expenses while in the actual performance of their duties at the rate of ten cents per mile, but the total compensation paid any of said commissioners, not including mileage, shall not exceed pay for more than forty meetings in any one year. The secretary shall receive such compensation as shall be certified by said board, or a majority of its members as suitable and proper, to the county auditors. and to be paid by the county, but not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum. Approved May 10, 1923. Section amended. Offense defined. [No. 142.] AN ACT to amend section one of act number two hundred seventy-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to punish the giving of checks, drafts or orders on any bank or other depository, wherein the person so giving such check or draft shall not have sufficient funds or credit for the payment of the same," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section one of act number two hundred seventy-one of the public acts of nineteen hundred nineteen, entitled "An act to punish the giving of checks, drafts or orders on any bank or other depository, wherein the person so giving such check or draft shall not have sufficient funds or credit for the payment of the same," approved May thirteen, nineteen hundred nineteen, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 1. Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall make or draw or utter or deliver any check, draft or order for the payment of money, to apply on account or otherwise, upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time of such making, drawing, uttering or delivering, that the maker, or drawer, has not sufficient funds in or credit with such bank |